Virgil Quotes

Fortunate is he whose mind has the power to probe the causes of things and trample underfoot all terrors and inexorable fate.

Nunc scio quit sit amor." Lat., "Now I know what love is.

That man is the most loyal who aims at the noblest motive, and that motive the public good.

They can do all because they think they can.

We may be masters of our every lot By bearing it.

Trust not too much to appearances

Roman, remember that you shall rule the nations by your authority, for this is to be your skill, to make peace the custom, to spare the conquered, and to wage war until the haughty are brought low.

He like a rock in the sea unshaken stands his ground.

O you who have borne even heavier things, to these too, God will grant an end!

Every calamity is to be overcome by endurance.

What each man feared would happen to himself, did not trouble him when he saw that it would ruin another.

The noblest motive is the public good.

Age steals away all things, even the mind.

I fear the Greeks, even when they bring gifts.

Others may fashion more smoothly images of bronze (I for one believe it), evoke living faces from marble, plead causes better, trace with a wand the wanderings of the heavens and foretell the rising of stars. But you, Roman, remember to rule the peoples with power (these will be your arts); impose the habit of peace, spare the vanquished and war down the proud!

Mantua gave me birth, Calabri snatched me away, now Parthenope holds me; I sang of shepherds, pastures, and heroes. -Mantua me genuit, Calabri rapuere, tenet nunc Parthenope, cecini pascua, rura, duces

Fate will find a way.

It is well to be informed about the winds, About the variations in the sky, The native traits and habits of the place, What each locale permits, and what denies.

Is it then so sad a thing to die?

Love begets love, love knows no rules, this is same for all.

A fault is fostered by concealment.

Facilis decensus averni. The descent into hell is easy.

They can conquer who believe they can.

Don't trust the horse, Trojans. Whatever it is, I fear the Greeks even bearing gifts. -Equo ne credite, Teucri. Quidquid id est, timeo Danaos et dona ferentes

Learn all from one thing. -Ab uno disce omnes

We can't all do everything.

They are able who think they are able.

It is easy to go down into Hell...; but to climb back again, to retrace one's steps to the upper air - -there's the rub.

From my example learn to be just, and not to despise the gods.

Enter on the way of training while the spirits in youth are still pliable.

There should be no strife with the vanquished or the dead.

Evil is nourished and grows by concealment.

We are not all able to do all things.

In strife who inquires whether stratagem or courage was used?

The only safety for the conquered is to expect no safety.

Harsh necessity, and the newness of my kingdom, force me to do such things and to guard my frontiers everywhere.

There's a snake lurking in the grass.

What a lot of work it was to found the Roman race.

Live on in your blessings, your destiny's been won. But ours calls us on from one ordeal to the next.

Uneven numbers are the gods' delight.

Endure the present, and watch for better things.

Passion and strife bow down the mind

Endure, and keep yourselves for days of happiness.

Time is flying never to return.

All our sweetest hours fly fastest.

Sing in me, muse, of arms and a man, who first from the shores of Troy.

Fear is the proof of a degenerate mind.

Fear betrays unworthy souls.